![]() ![]() ![]() It is included on the second disc of the compilation album Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection. The Def Leppard Volume Two 7CD and 7LP box set can be bought here. Paper Sun is a single by British band Def Leppard from their 9th album Euphoria.It charted at 11 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts. Leading the way in the press, Entertainment Weekly cut to the chase when they declared, “Def Leppard are back in a big, bad Hysteria-sleek way.” When Euphoria again yielded Top 20 Billboard chart success and a further brace of gold discs, it served notice that these seemingly invincible hard rockers remained in fine shape as they strode fearlessly into the new millennium. Joe Elliott and company knew they were onto something good all along with Euphoria, and they were proved right when the album’s lead single, “Promises,” thrust Leppard back to their rightful place at the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Chart. Bassist Rick Savage’s dreamy “Goodbye” and Campbell’s “To Be Alive” ranked highly among the band’s best widescreen ballads, while Collen’s exhilarating instrumental, “Disintegrate,” and the brooding, psych-imbued “Paper Sun” suggested Leppard were still keen to prowl in pastures new as they headed into their third decade together. Yet Euphoria had far more to offer than just rampaging rockers. Issued on June 8, 1999, Euphoria quickly made it plain that Def Leppard were right back in the game, something Joe Elliott himself acknowledged, singing “It’s like I’ve never been away” on the assured “Back In Your Face.” The troops also made some truly consummate noise on the roaring “Demolition Man,” the seemingly effortless “Promises” and the irrepressible “Kings Of Oblivion,” with the latter providing lead guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell the ideal launch pad for some vintage, Thin Lizzy-esque interplay. ![]() A collective confidence prevailed and their ensuing performances proved that their initial session with Lange had energized the whole band. Leppard’s brief, but fruitful, reunion with Lange resulted in three of Euphoria’s stand-out tracks: the classy, semi-acoustic “It’s Only Love,” the quixotic “All Night” (a throwback to the Prince-esque funk of Slang’s title track), and the album’s signature song, “Promises”: a turbulent rocker with bags of panache which bore the hallmarks of a future classic.įor the rest of the album, Leppard reconvened with Slang producer Peter Woodroffe and decamped to Joe’s Garage studio in Dublin to lay down the bulk of their new record. ![]()
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